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- Degree: Sc.D.
- Year: 1976
- Institution and Location
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Major Discipline
  Mechanical Engineering
- Degree: M.S.
- Year: 1973
- Institution and Location
  Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
- Major Discipline
  Mechanical Engineering
- Degree: B.S.
- Year: 1970
- Institution and Location
  National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Major Discipline
  Mechanical Engineering

Je-Chin Han

Distinguished Professor; Marcus C. Esterling Chair; Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department(s): Department of Mechanical Engineering
Campus: Texas A&M University

Contact Information

Phone: 979-845-3738
E-mail: jc-han@tamu.edu

Personal/Dept/Lab URL:
Personal Departmental Webpage
http://turbinecooling.tamu.edu/

Research Topic(s)

Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity; Electric power generation and storage

Research Summary

Thermal Fluid Sciences – heat transfer and cooling in gas turbines, heat transfer enhancement, heat transfer in rotating flows, film cooling in unsteady high turbulence flows, mini-scale heat transfer, combustion system heat transfer, advanced CFD and experimental methods. Energy and Power Technology – advanced hydrogen turbine for clean power, advanced gas turbine for aircraft propulsion and vehicle transportation, micro-turbine, clean energy technology.

Professional Background

2006-Present	Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2001-Present	Marcus C. Esterling Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1993-Present	Director, Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1993-2001	Endowed Professor, Heat Transfer Research, Inc., College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
1993-1998	Division Chair, Thermal and Fluid Sciences Division of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1991-1992	Halliburton Professor, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
1989-2006	Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1988	TEES Senior Fellow, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University
1984-1989	Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1980-1984	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
1978-1980	Senior Research Engineer, Research and Development Center, Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Walled Lake, MI
1976-1977	Process Development Engineer, Research and Development Center, Ex-Cell-O Corporation
1977-1978	Associate Professor of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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